Railroad chair and fastening



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1'.

L. HAAS.

RAILROAD CHAIR AND FASTENING.

No. 248,454. Patented Oct. 18,1881.

WITNESSES W MDT 'EJYTOR I (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2;

L. HAAS.

RAILROAD CHAIR AND FASTENING.

No. 248,454. P444114 4 001;. 18,1881.

WITNESSES IJV'V'EJVTOR UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIcE.

LEVI HAAS, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD CHAIR AND FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,454, dated October 18, 1881.

Application filed June 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI HAAS, of Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad Chairs and Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is an end elevation. Fig.2 is a similar view with the rail omitted. Fig. 3 is a plan view; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views.

This invention relates to improvements in railways,having for its object to dispense with the ordinary tie, to provide an elastic bearing for the rails, and to facilitate the securing of the rails in position, and to permit of their ready removal or displacement; and it consists in the details of the construction and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A is a casting or bed, preferably composed of a bottom plate and two crossing upright plates cast together all in one piece; also cast upon the upper edge of one of the upright plates, and into or at the bottom of a recess, a, in the other or, crossing plate, is a horizontal plate, A, preferably extended at its sides midway its length, as at a. The entire castingor bed is sunk or anchored into the ground, and through its upright crossing-plates may be made apertures for the passage through them of the underground signal telegraphic-wire tubes. The plate A is slightly concaved in the direction ofits length, as at b, to permitof the downward flexing of the superposed elastic or wooden bearing of the rails.

B is the wooden or elastic bearing, preferably composed of a number of slats placed one upon the other, audio position upon the plate A within the recess a.

O is the rail which rests upon the elastic or wooden bearing B, and secured thereto so as to be readily removed, or, after removal, be as readily replaced by means of the chair-plates D D. These plates eonsisteach ofa horizontal upper surfaced plate, its underneath surface being inclined to adapt it to rest upon the inclined surface of the rail-flange, and provided with a shoulder, at, resting upon the elastic bearing B, while beyond this shoulder extends rearwardly a projection, d, resting upon a strip arranged about flush with the top of the railflange.

E E are the securing-bolts of the chair-plates, one passing through each plate and the laterally-extended portions a of the bearing B and the plate A,with their nuts secured from turning, after screwed home, by thejarring action of a passing train, by means of lockingwashers F. These washers are each provided with a downward extension,f, fitting into a recess, g, of the chair-plate, to keep it from turning, and with a slit,f, which admits of the segmentf thus provided, being sprung up against one side of the nut as it is screwed home.

A crossbar, G, bifurcated at each end, having opposite perforations to permit of its being pinned to one of the upright crossing-plates of each of two opposite castings, A, ofth'e railway, serves to connect said castings together.

From the foregoing it will be noticed that the use of the ordinary tie is dispensed with.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut-- 1. In a railway, the bed A, composed of a bottom plate, two upright crossing-plates, and plate A, sunk below the upper surface of one crossing-plate, all cast or made in one piece, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a railway, the combination of the bed A, having cast therewith and in a recess, a, therein the concaved plate A, the elastic or wooden bearing B, and the chair-plates E, with their securing-bolts and locking-washers, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing my own Ihave hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI HAAS.

Witnesses:

THoMAs BREEN, WM. HELMICK. 

